Olivia glanced at him briefly before looking away. She didn’t want to complicate their current arrangement any further.
Connor noticed her presence immediately. His ice-blue eyes tracked her movement through the crowd as he pushed past his admirers.
“Liv,” Connor approached quickly, his voice warm despite her obvious reluctance to engage. “You’re here for the auction too?”
He had come specifically for the jewelry pieces being auctioned tonight. Several exquisite items had caught his attention in the catalog, and he wanted to bid on them personally as gifts for Olivia.
“Yes,” Olivia replied curtly, not meeting his gaze.
Adrian Sinclair appeared beside them with perfect timing, his gold-rimmed glasses reflecting the auction house’s crystal chandeliers. He had the same idea as Conno
